Interview with Lobotomized 2006

By Bradley Smith

 

 I have just been treated to Fucking Lobotomized.  What an awesome Mind fuck of sludgy death metal if pardon the expression.  Can you give us a little insight to this creation as a whole?

 

Götz: You don’t need to pardon anything, mister! Sludgy and abscessed deathpunkshitanalfuckmetal! Me (guitar) and Skrappar (vocals) wanted badly to start a band totally inspired by the sickoids from California. We got the ugliest guy in town to drum for us and then a Rastafarian motherfucker with a deformed eye to play the bass. After a couple of months of rehearsing we entered a local, ANALog studio and recorded the damn thing. And it actually came out pretty good! Raw and dirty, just the way we like it. We have since recruited a second guitarist who goes by the name “dieselpikk” (means “diesel dick”). What a pervert!

 

A lot of people might be a little unfamiliar with you guys.  Can you give us some of the history of Lobotomized?

 

Götz: See my first answer on this one.

 

Autopsy is obviously one of the greatest death metal bands of all time so it is only fitting that you guys would incorporate a lot of their style into your music.  What do you think makes Autopsy so special?

 

Götz: Everything Reifert touches turns to shit! Haha, got it? Well, it’s the raw and dirty style that makes them great and the way they actually execute it all. You know, the energy, the dedication, the feel, the sloppiness. No overproduction. It’s the way death metal should be!

 

Skrappar: The definition of “death metal”, according to Webster (you know, that black midget from that great shitcom with the same name: http://dieselnation.blogs.com/photos/images/webster.jpg) is Autopsy/Abscess. The only synonym to death metal is Reifert.

 

History and tradition play a big role in the evolution of metal, at least in my opinion.  Do you think it is required for people who are into extreme music to be somewhat familiar with the roots of their favourite bands or is a lack of historical knowledge inconsequential?

 

Götz: If you wanna play old school, then you gotta learn from the 70’s and 80’s bands, so, yes, it’s absolutely crucial taking your history lessons!

 

Skrappar: Götz has actually taken a master’s degree in ripping off Abscess!

 

Based on your album cover Alcohol is a central ingredient to your creative process.  Heh heh.  What are some of your favourite alcoholic beverages?

 

Götz: We were all baptized in beer! That says it all. Hard liquor is good sometimes, but cheap beer like the ones street trash alcoholics drink, is the best!

 

Skrappar: Alcohol is a central and essential ingredient in life itself. No alcohol: No fun, no mosh, no piss. Homemade liquor with coffee and a dash of sugar is the shit! And the cheaper the beer the better. Just like women.

 

You guys must be busy with your other bands such as Diskord and Cease.and.Desist.  How do you prioritize your time for Lobotomized?  Do you see this is a project band or as a full time obligation?

 

Götz: Lobotomized is not just a project band, it’s a real fucking band! We’re unserious people, but we take the music seriously! High priority!

 

Skrappar: Hey, mister. You forgot about Endwarfment. It’s not hard to give Lobotomized the highest priority since we use our rehearsals as nice excuse to party hard and leave our women at home with the dirty laundry.

 

 

I noticed you guys had an Anal(og) recording on this release.  How do you feel about a digital recording sound as opposed to analog?  What sort of differences do you feel there are between the two?

 

Götz: To get that old school, anal sound, analog is naturally the only way! At least for us. I guess it’s possible to get an old school sound in a digital studio if you really want to, but why not do it the real way instead? You just gotta record, do it from the guts, no editing, cutting or pasting. There’s just no reason for us to record digitally, ‘cause analog suits us perfectly!

 

With song titles such as Fucking Women and Fucking the Sewer and Fuck’n Drunk, it seems the word or concept of “Fuck” plays an integral role for Lobotomized on this release.  Can you expand a little bit on its importance to concept of Lobotomized?

 

Götz: That was Skrappar’s idea and we thought it was a good “concept”. Fuck is the most diverse word in the English language! Fuck me!

 

Skrappar: The first time I heard Götz’ tunes – I thought: FUCK! This is real fucking metal – no poser shit! The coversongs we chose to do all had the word fuck in ‘em. “Fucking Hell” – Abscess. “Kill me or I’ll (fuck’n) kill myself” – Doomed and “I wanna fuck myself” – GG Allin. Great, perverted tracks that fit us like a giant cock up your mother’s anus. There’s also a great “ambivalence” to the titles. Example: Fucking Women. Fucking women as in ass fucking women or “god damn those fucking women, can’t live with ‘em, can’t live without ‘em. That goes for Fucking Lobotomized too. Fuck us in Lobotomized cause we truly are fucking lobotomized.

 

A band such as Lobotomized could very well be lumped in with the traditional death/gore bands. Obviously you listen to death metal but what else if anything do you listen to? Is it important to branch of in a persons musical tastes?

 

Götz: I don’t listen only to death metal, actually I don’t listen much to death metal anymore (apart from the good old shit). Most of those new types of bands are wholly uninteresting to me. I listen a lot to punkrock/crust/grind and 70’s/80’s rock/metal. Old school!

 

Skrappar: Most new death metal bands tend to be more boring than Webster on crack cocaine. Bad comparison, that can’t possibly be boring. More boring than a shower, but not a golden shower, of course. I mostly listen to Norwegian “danseband” like Ole Ivars and Joe Bjørnars. White trash trailer fuckers that make traditional, utter hellish piss manifested through braindead drumming, saxophones, accordions and retarded basslines. A lot of great lyrics too, that inspire me tremendously. “My woman chops wood while I play the accordion, cause my woman can’t play the accordion.” Rai, rai.

 

 

June 6, 2006(666) is coming up really soon.  I know it’s kind of silly but are you gonna do anything special to celebrate?  I know I saw an internet site advertising it as Slayer Day, saying everyone should listen to Slayer to mark the occasion. 

 

Götz: We’re gonna have a fuck fest in the sewer! Seriously, we’re gonna celebrate the traditional way by burning a church while listening to Slayer. Evil!

 

Skrappar: That 666-concept is retarded beyond mongoloid. Even more retarded than our fuck-concept. Totally Christian! I’d rather celebrate Webster and celibacy.

 

What does the future hold for Lobotomized?  Any live events or new musical creations headed our way?

 

Götz: 23rd of June we’ll play live here in Oslo (Garage), and since it’s sankthansaften we’ll be fucking wasted, as usual. No other gigs planned at this moment. Once again, in July, we’ll enter that same dirty studio to record what will probably be our debut album. So, prepare for lobotomy!

 

Skrappar: We’re in contact with “The Last House on the Right” for a possible release of our debut album. New songs are lined up like Coca-Cola on a mirror.”Norwegian Trash”, “Baptized in Beer”, “Give Piss a Chance” and “Drinking Beer with Satan” are some of the new shit to hit the fans. Clever “ordspill” there.

 

Last words for your Cenotaph are yours!

 

Götz: Buy the demo and come to the show! Throw yourself into a (abs)cesspool of rats and be eaten alive! Fuck off!

 

Skrappar: The demo is sold out, so buy our 7” vinyl “Fucking Lobotomized” (same as the demo) from “No Posers, Please”. www.noposersplease.com. If you want to hear what we sound like, go here: www.myspace.com/lobotomized.

Final words.